Commissioned by the Russian emperor Nicholas II, the diamond-covered Winter Egg is expected to fetch $27 million when it goes ...

The temporary structures will return next month—but in the meantime, visitors will enjoy rare unobstructed views of the ...

In the two centuries since the Gothic novel's publication, the English writer's tale of a science experiment gone wrong has ...

Tristan Gooley is the New York Times-bestselling author of How to Read a Tree, How to Read Water, How to Read Nature, The ...

Their fur is so soft it almost led to their extinction, but otters’ recovery has been a boon to Pacific kelp forests, a key ...

Between 2012 and 2016, Eliot Dudik photographed the series Broken Land, featuring Civil War sites in 24 states.

What made the U.S. Post Office Department decide to start its airmail service so early, before air travel was even common?

Blaming the British for the destruction helped persuade some wavering colonists to back the fight for independence. But the ...

Scientists and community members in Altadena are testing ways that California species can assist efforts to rebuild ...

Zhang You of the Entomological Society of China took first place with an image of a rice weevil—an agricultural pest—on a ...

Experts say the notorious emperor Commodus may have survived an assassination attempt inside this tunnel, which is now open ...